Divers Alert Network is a global nonprofit dedicated to promoting dive safety and providing emergency services, research, education and insurance to the diving community. Its technical work spans dive safety research, dive medicine, hyperbaric and dive-related injury treatment, health and safety guideline development, and medical education. The organisation conducts comprehensive studies on aspects of scuba diving safety and publishes health and safety guidelines, employing research professionals and collaborating with dive science experts.
Operationally, the organisation runs a 24/7 medical assistance hotline and offers physician consultations, backed by a worldwide referral network of doctors who specialise in evaluating and treating dive-related injuries. It also provides dive accident insurance plans with coverage of up to $500,000 in eligible medical expenses, travel protection programmes, and professional liability insurance for dive businesses and instructors. Members are served through multiple tiers, with additional access to continuing medical education, courses delivered via DAN's instructor network, and Alert Diver magazine.
Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, the organisation has served scuba divers for over four decades and maintains a global reach. Its stated mission is to make every dive accident- and injury-free. Through SkillBridge partnerships and internship programmes, it develops the next generation of dive safety researchers; the organisation is veteran-friendly.
